Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-24
MAN TELL!!!
DUNGAN'S BREAK.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE COMMITTEE IN TROUBLE.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC
/ STATE COMMITTEE IN TROUBLE.
He Appeals to Chsirms Cnppellsr. Of
tho Republican Stat. Committee. for .
Certificate Of Honesty. and is Appro-
priately An.wersd.
| The detail of the manner in which
Governor Foraker's special message has
been mutilatei and forged and sent out
to Democratic newspapers to publish and
circulate throughout the state has been
given elsewhere in these columns.
The discovery of the fraud, which was
at Democratic headquarters, rs the gen
eral expression Of things was that they
might As well close up shop after the dis
covery Of the employment in such
methods. In the endeavor to square him
self and gain sorle sort of public conf
dcnCe. Chairman DUNCAN wrote a letter
to the Hon. w. :. Cappeller. chairman
Of the Republican executive committee,
| III " itH l'l'illlSt'i III W StlNi
out accurate copies Of Governor Foraker's
message and asked that copy sent by
| him with the letter, be endorsed by Chair
man Cappeller
This is probably the first time in the
history OF politics in Ohio that the state
| committee of political party has so en-
tirely lost the confidence OF the people
hot h.4 Of
| the opposite party TO give them some sort
of backing, that il may have some infiu
| ence with the peopf. The reply Of
Chairman Cappeller to Mr. DUNCAN was
not very long. but it was to the point. 1t
was as follows:
HEtpQTARTERS OF
REPUBLICAN STATE ENECUTIvE COMMITTEE.
CoLUMBuS. D.. Sept.2 lss.. !
| Hon. Irvine Durg gan. Chairman Democratic
Sac Exec ItiNe ommttsa. CoIumb IS. o.:
DEAR SIR-y"u letter of even date, in
which You enclose what purports to be
copy of Governor Foraker's special mes
sage. and which is one of a series of three
different editions purporting to be such
message sent out by your committee, is
received.
We have also on file copies of two
other forms and editions purporting to he
copies of the same, sent out by your com
mittee. We have no objection to your
sending out exact and correct copies of
Governor Forakrr's special message. and
hope that this special message, As deliv
cred. will be widely circulated, as We
know of no more effective way of con
tradictng the lies and misrepresentation
regarding it, set into circulation by your
committee. We suggest that with a true
copy Of the message you send out the ed
itorials. commencing and endorsing it.
which appeared in the Cincinnati En-
Guirer April s. 1856: Columbus Times
April !. 1886; the Cleveland Plaindealer
April $ and April 10, 1856, and in other
Democratic newspapers about the same
dates These newspapers at that time
united in commencing and endorsing the
special message.
Since the Republican newspapers
named in your letter have exposed the
scheme, we would suggest that in addi-
tion to stopping the circulation of the
forged and garbled messages already put
out by you, that you also call in those
sent out and direct the editors of the Mt.
Vernon Banner, ke.!tOn Democrat and
many other Democratic newspapers who
nave printed the forged and garbled mes
sages to retract and correct in their next
ISSUES.
Congratulating yoI on your expressed
Intention of returning to honest methods,
and hoping that you may be sincere in
sour expression. and that this letter will
he attached to any true copies of Gov
ernor Foraker's special message which
You may send out. am,
Very truly yours.
W. :. CAPpELLER, Chairman.
Mr. DUNCAN did not seem to know
when he had enough. and sent another
whining letter, which was answered as
follows:
Headquarters OF
REPrBILCAN STATE Z IEaTTIvE COMMITTEE,
CniIMBIS. o.. sept. 81, ls>.. J
Hon. Irvine Du z N, thairra An Democratic
state Executive Com mitt.c, G Cnlumbus. o.:
DEAR SIR-Your second letter of to-
day. urging us To certify to the honesty
Of your committee, and To edit your cam
paign documents, is received Your at
tempted denial of having forged and gar
bled Governor Foraker's message is in
the nature Of an unsupported allegation,
and the facts do not admit of giving you
the benefit of Il certificate for political
honesty that your party management in
OH" now. and for the past few years,
has been 50 sadly in need of Your de-
sire for the particulars in which your
different editions of the message differ